She goes on a life changing excursion to make sense of her difficult predicament. She matures and becomes the woman she is at the end of the novel through her relationship with T. Ray, experiences with racism, and internal struggles. Due to her loathsome relationship with her father T. Ray, the protagonist Lily drastically changed into a more independent and confident woman. Lily has finally built up the courage to leave her abusive father when she thought, "I knew exactly what I had to do-leave. I had to get away from T. Ray" (Kidd 41).
She realizes that she needs to tell August Boatwright about her mother soon. Unfortunately, Lily finds out that her mother did leave her and T-Ray was telling the truth all along. Thus, Lily was upset about her mother; she comes to realize that not all secrets can be kept for so long it needs to come out to find the
Sister feels like Stella-Rondo has always gotten everything that she has wanted and that most of it was at her expense. Sister say’s that “She’s always had anything in the world she wanted and then she’d throw it away.” This included Sister’s boyfriend, Mr. Whitaker. Sister felt like Stella-Rondo stole Mr. Whitaker from her and once again she got what she wanted and then threw it away. Stella-Rondo married Mr. Whitaker and then they separated. Now she is back at home with the rest of her family causing trouble for Sister.
Many characters show extraordinary strength in times of great difficulty. For instance, Anna has been raised in “a joyless place”, living in fear as she “waited for Josiah’s fist to fall,” lost her “greatest part of what she had to lose” when her children died, and ultimately overcomes her dependency on “poppy-induced serenity.” Her strength enabled her to do this because she is able to build up the courage to overpass these horrific events unlike many characters that have a tendency to lack in this theme of strength. Anna readily admits her fears, “I turned pale” however, she still agrees to deliver Mary Daniel’s baby. In the end, Anna realises that, “where Michael Mompellion had been broken” she “had been tampered and made strong.” She emancipates herself and finds new direction for herself and her daughters “I was meant to go on… living my life amongst wonders.” In contrast, Josiah Bont also faced a tough upbringing at sea and the loss of family members, however his lack of strength caused him to sink below the horror endured when he “tries to kill Unwin in his sleep this night,” and steals many valuables from the sick and deceased. Anna’s strength enables her to rise and evolve, but
Although her husband had just left her, she was doing DURO2 all that she could to not go back to her old drug habit. Once she find out that the house that her father left for her and her brother was at stakes her heroism grew even more. Since Kathy grew up in that
Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
Susan Smith thought she was being raised by two loving parents, but it turned out to be with a mother that was blind to the fact that her daughter was being abused by a man that played the part of daddy. Susan was forced to become the woman that everyone expected her to become but her avoidance of receiving help for her issues may have caused her to break. There is no known cure for Dependent Personality Disorder, but it is recommended that a person that is diagnosed seeks the assistance of a psychiatrist immediately. Had Susan Smith pursued help from the outside prior to her making the decision of murder, she would have been able to receive the proper guidance that she should have received as a young
She thought that herself was the problem, which made T rye aggressive and it was her fault not T-rays. So lilies faction was to improve it by leaving her dad and taking the only person who respected her Roselyn.. Rosalyn was alway a motherly figure to her worrying about her need and never let T rye effect her negatively But she knew lilys consequences (CD). Her dads sympathy for hus daughter is very minimal because she lie is becoming rality that she was the on that mad ehis wife and lilys mom leave/die. Lilys has many influences but the strongest pushed her to leave her home and wanted her to find her own way in life because she wasn't gonna deal with her dads abuse. Lily wants to be a writer, and has this fascination with bees.
The timeless theme explored in The Glass Castle is forgiveness. Jeannette spends her whole life forgiving her parents over and over for the choices they made that adversely impacted DeBortoli 2 and ratty clothes plus stealing their money and sometimes their souls, Rex and Rose Mary didn’t deserve forgiveness. However, Jeannette and her brother and sisters always find a way to welcome their parents back into their hearts. The Glass Castle is narrated in the first person by Jeannette Walls as she relates her
The first scene in this story that had an emotional impact on me was when Jacobs (Linda) was talking about her grandmother and how she saved her earnings in hope of one day buying her children. She was well on her way to achieving this goal until her master died and the children were sold. As a mother myself, I could not imagine having my daughter taken from me and sold to the highest bidder. Not being able to see her every day and know how she was doing would definitely take an emotional toll on me. Another thing in her writing that was emotional for me was that Linda always wanted a better life for her children.